Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Riverstown, County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Riverstown
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- St. Bridgets Well
- Latest-edition OS map
- St. Bridgets Well
- Coordinates
- 53.10147, -7.05159
- SMR number
- KD026-011----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
In a farmyard c. 85m N of Riverstown House. A large, heavily overgrown circular area (diam. 10m) is enclosed by a stone wall. Jackson (1979-80, 158) recorded that, ‘There are six upright stone posts in the centre of the well on which is placed a wooden cross. A stone with indentations beside the well is said to be the imprints of the saint’s knees. The well is still visited for cures … [but] there is no record ofa Pattern.
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 08 August 2013
References
Jackson, P. 1979-80 The holy wells of Co. Kildare. Journal of the Kildare Archaeological Society 16, 133-61.
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.